Tallaght Neighbourhood Watch said: "Gold coloured taxi going around Brookfield area following and approaching young girls at 10pm. Can you please warn everyone to keep an eye out please."

There was later more reports of the same car being spotted in Tallaght hours after the inital report, with one woman saying: "I saw this taxi at half seven this morning in Kingswood."

It comes after a number of reported approaches to children in Dublin over recent weeks.

Earlier this month, a child was approached after Sunday mass, outside Foxrock Church.

The incident happened at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, when a number of children were playing outside the Parish Centre after mass, while their parents were inside.

Two men and a woman reportedly approached an eight-year-old child, however the child managed to escape.

The incident was reported to Gardaí who confirmed they were investigating.

Speaking to RSVP Live, they said: "Gardaí are investigating an alleged suspicious approach of a child that is reported to have occurred in Foxrock area at approximately 10am on 7/4/19. Investigations are ongoing."

It came just a week after another alleged abduction in Dublin which occured as a young girl was walking home from school with her grandmother.

The young girl who reportedly attends the Teresian School on the Stillorgan Road was walking a few feet behind her grandmother when a black car pulled in.

The child's father took to social media to warn other parents , explaining how a woman had tried to convince his daughter to get into the car, offering her sweets and telling her she was going to take her to her mother.

He wrote: "Apparently there was another adult crouched in the back. Fortunately my mother-in-law stopped it before anything serious happened."

He added: "‘Now might be a good time to reinforce stranger danger. Have reported the incident at Donnybrook."

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